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https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2021/06/09/
the-perils-of-covid-complacency/?sh=5602c4fe2b80
https://tinyurl.com/jwwwhdsx

Forbes 富比士

The Perils Of Covid Complacency 新冠自滿的危險
- William A. Haseltine 2021.06.09

(因為提到台灣只佔幾個小段 所以節譯 文中再度證明
3+11是破口)

Meanwhile, in Taiwan and Australia, similar stories were
unfolding. Taiwan had been extremely successful at keeping the
virus from entering the country — for more than a year, the country
had kept new infections near zero and had successfully contained
new cases at the border. But those low case counts bred
complacency. There was little testing done within the country itself,
limited surveillance, and no rush to roll out the vaccines. In April,
confident of their success, Taiwan changed the rules for the airline
crews on arriving flights, allowing them to quarantine for just three
days instead of 14. Within the month, cases went from single digits
into the thousands, with airline crews bringing the virus into local
bars. This time, it was the Alpha variant that managed to sneak in,
a variant with mutations that are known to disable the first line of
our immune defenses, giving the virus more time to multiply and
spread. By May, Taiwan too was forced to start shutting down
public venues, nonessential services, and limiting gatherings to all
but a handful of people. Cases have now spread to the chip
factories, causing a global shortage which has hit everything from
cars to consumer electronics.



To make long-term testing for Covid-19 sustainable and to
encourage compliance, we need to continue to invest heavily in
mass rapid testing that can be done at home across the country.
Tests need to be free and widely accessible. This needs to be
accompanied by public health messaging that encourages the public
to get tested if they have symptoms or are exposed, even after
vaccination. One of the initial cases in the most recent Australian
outbreak, experienced symptoms for over 10 days before getting
tested, mistakenly believing Covid-19 to no longer be a threat in the
country. Hospitals in Taiwan stopped aggressively testing people
for Covid, even those with a fever. In February, Taiwan was
administering just 0.57 virus tests per 1,000 people in mid-Feb.



之前出現了 10 多天的症狀，誤以為 Covid-19 在該國不再構



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